Official OSGeo Conference Policy - Revision history

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== Description ==

The purpose of this document is to outline rules that must be followed for an OSGeo conference event (meaning any event using the OSGeo name).

== Additional Resources ==

The following are of interest to the conference policy:

* Conference committee [[Conference_Committee | homepage]]
* [[OSGeo_Conference_Policy | Board notes]] regarding Conference policy

== Policy ==

The following guidelines apply to OSGeo conference events. The terms "conference events" apply to: 1) the annual FOSS4G event, 2) an event hosted by an OSGeo local chapter, 3) a 3rd party event that uses the OSGeo name, and 4) any other event that uses the OSGeo name.

'''A. Mission''' -- any event using the OSGeo name must contribute positively to the [[OSGeo Mission]], which is essentially to support the development of open source Geospatial Software, and promote its widespread use.

'''B. Program''' -- any event using the OSGeo name must have program content that is predominantly related to Open Source geospatial software.

'''C. Value''' -- any event using the OSGeo name must offer reasonably good "value for money" to paid participants, so as to not reflect poorly on OSGeo.

'''D. Infrastructure''' -- any event using the OSGeo name must have a respectable infrastructure (materials, presentation, facilities, and instructors) of good quality so as to not reflect negatively on OSGeo.

'''E. Acceptance''' -- any event using the OSGeo name must be approved by OSGeo's [[Board of Directors]]. The exact process is as follows:
# event organizer must distribute plan to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss osgeo-discuss] list for community discussion
# event organizer must distribute a formal plan to the Conference Committee through the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev conference_dev] list
# Conference Committee must vote on the acceptance of the event (abiding by OSGeo's [[Conflict_Of_Interest_Policy | conflict of interest policy]])
# if accepted, the Conference Committee recommends the event to OSGeo's Board of Directors, through an email to the [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board board] list
# Board of Directors must vote on the recommended event (abiding by OSGeo's [[Conflict_Of_Interest_Policy | conflict of interest policy]])

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 == Policy ==
-The following guidelines apply to OSGeo conference events.  The terms "conference events" apply to: 1) the annual FOSS4G event, 2) an event hosted by an OSGeo local chapter, 3) a 3rd party event that uses the OSGeo name, and 4) any other event that uses the OSGeo name.
+The following guidelines apply to all OSGeo conference events.  The terms "conference events" apply to: 1) the annual FOSS4G event, 2) an event hosted by an OSGeo local chapter, 3) a 3rd party event that uses the OSGeo name, and 4) any other event that uses the OSGeo name.
 '''A. Mission''' -- any event using the OSGeo name must contribute positively to the [[OSGeo Mission]], which is essentially to support the  development of open source Geospatial Software, and promote its widespread use.